INTERVIEW| Liz Black AW14

Liz Black has returned for another
season with Fashion Scout. Appearing on the catwalk in London, Paris,
Istnabul and Warsaw- she’s gained quite the following, which was
verified today in the packed out Prince Regent Room. Fashion Scout
spoke to the Central Saint Martins graduate to see how she’s doing
and to get the information on her latest, and arguably
best collection.

How are you feeling about your AW14
presentation today?

I am so excited! I do not feel nervous
at all, to be honest I haven’t been nervous since my very first
season.

What was your inspiration for this
collection?

It is completely based on the work and
life of Salvador Dali. I spent some time in Paris last year and there
was a Salvador Dali exhibition at the Pompei centre. I was in heaven.
I loved it and since then I have been developing the collection.

We can see you’ve chosen a selected
few of Salvadors most iconic pieces, what was the selection process?

I wanted to choose the most iconic
ones. Salvador Dali was an iconic character and I wanted this
collection to be full of iconic characters through work and life. One
if his most famous pieces is the lobster phone, so we have a lobster
dress. It’s the same with the lips, we have a lips sofa and dress
and a moustache dress.

And you’ve got the ants on the face
too! They’re great.

Yes they’re amazing aren’t they?
They have come from collaboration with Face Lace; they designed the
ant stickers especially for the show. The head designer is Phyllis
Cohen.

How do you feel you’ve progressed
since last season?

I always work with narratives but last
season I just focused on work, this time I have focused on the life
and work of Salvador Dali. I have tried to encompass his whole life
into this presentation and allow everyone to meet Salvador Dali, I
think he would be very happy with it.

So do we! Liz Black brought to us a
truly interesting and astounding presentation that fully renders
Dali’s work and character.

By Emily Black, (@emilyy_black)

Images by Lepa Georgievskalepa (@georgievskalepa), taken on the fashion forward LumixGM1, (@PanasonicUK)